Difference in decoding ability of selected De La Salle University students: Gender and hemispheric preference as variables

• Main Authors: Montoya, Lionel, Tan, Ritchie Reynan
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 1996
• Subjects: Nonverbal communication; Sex differences (Psychology) in adolescence; De La Salle University (Philippines) > Students > Psychology; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/4110
• Institution: De La Salle University

The researchers employed a descriptive study using statistical computations to answer the research problems 1. What is the difference in decoding ability (ability to receive nonverbal cues) between males and females and 2. What is the difference in decoding ability between people with dominant left brain hemisphere and people with dominant right brain hemisphere. It was hypothesized that significant differences exist between the variables, where 1. Females would be better decoders than males and 2. People with dominant right brain hemisphere would be better decoders than people with dominant right brain hemisphere. The study utilized a total number of ninety-nine (99) respondents gathered through convenience sampling of General Psychology classes. Testing materials were constructed to measure hemispheric preference (dominant half brain) and decoding ability of respondents and were tested for reliability through the pre-test/post-test method method. Significant difference in decoding ability were computed using t-test for two independent sample groups. At df=97 and alpha level of .05, the critical value of 1 was set at 1.980 for the test of significant difference between opposite gender. The computed value of t-test of significant difference between hemispheric preference. The computed value of 1 was 14, Ho was not rejected. There is no difference in the decoding ability of people of opposite hemispheric preference. Training, necessity and nature are factors which affect decoding ability of females. A person's activity is an integration of both brain hemispheres.